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(CNS) — Next year on Earth Day, the Obama administration plans to announce which U.S. schools have been selected as “Green Ribbon Schools,” a designation that will “honor” schools for “creating healthy and sustainable learning environments” and for “teaching environmental literacy.”

The Green Ribbon Schools program was announced in late April, but details on how schools will be picked or what the honor entails have not been released.

Jo Ann Webb, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Education, told CNSNews.com that the program is still under development.

“The criteria have not been developed yet,” Webb said. “The plan is for the U.S. Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Council for Environmental Quality to develop the criteria this spring and summer and to issue the call for applications early this fall.

Webb said the program would recognize schools for “engaging students on environmental issues and producing environmentally literate students; increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy technologies; and creating healthy learning environments by addressing environmental issues in the schools.”

Webb said approximately 50 Green Ribbon schools could be named on Earth Day 2012. In announcing the program, Obama administration officials touted the importance of environmentalism as part of a good education.

Uh yeah, don’t put the emphasis on economics ’cause there’s not gonna be any need for that. Teach them how to start a ‘green’ business so they can get a low-interest govmt loan that they’ll default on, buy a home that they can’t afford financed by the govmt, that they’ll default on, emphasize the environment. That’s “winning the future” Obama style.

Last week, the Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC) released its report on the state’s green buildings requirements. The title of the report indicates that the “Impact on Energy Use is Mixed.” A casual look at the report shows that the word “mixed” is a generous assessment.

The evidence in the report shows the buildings add millions in costs but deliver little in the way of energy savings or environmental improvement. Here are a few of the conclusions.

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Most importantly, the report shows the “green” building standards do not pay for themselves in any reasonable time frame. Examining two “green” schools, JLARC notes the payback time ranged from 27 to 30 years. Even this is generous for two reasons.

First, these don’t include a discount rate. They assume that paying a dollar today to save a dollar in thirty years makes sense, when clearly it does not. When adjusting for rising energy costs (which makes the payback time shorter) and the discounted value of money (which increases payback time), the time to recover the costs increases to 43 years. Since no school building goes 43 years without changes and improvements, the “green” requirements will never pay for themselves.

dirtydog1776

The kids still won’t know to read, write or make good choices, but they will be very good at chanting politically correct slogans and blindly following the will of King Obama. Follow dirtydog1776 on Twitter. I will do my best to offend you and your friends.

Look out tax payers it sounds like a gaint cluster fucking, is coming?

WHAT THE FUCK ( OVER )

sb

In other news, math and reading programs were dropped due to a lack of funds and an inability to find teachers who could teach those subjects…….

Antisocial-ism

How about awards for ACTUAL literacy?!!
If I ever have kids they are going to private schools.

Teresa in Fort Worth, TX

So this is going to launch this fall, and they don’t have any guidelines in place yet? Sounds about par for the course for this group of incompetents.

Any news on which high school was “lucky” enough to have The Exalted One come and speak at their graduation?

I’m sure there were LOTS more applications that came in after the initial embarassment….

Tadpole

“Stay away from our kids”

Too late. The “Progressive/Green” machine of the Left has been in charge of state education in the West now for over forty years.

The U.S. was once the world leader in education, but the Left has dragged it down to the middle of the pack, and getting lower every year.

spepper

“…producing environmentally literate students….”

Sounds EXACTLY like political indoctrination to me……and on “our” nickel no less…..

commieobamie

He’ll make sure only islamo moslim schools are “honored”. They are green with the wiping of the ass with the hand only. They recycle family members. No need for mags, goats and sheep do the job. They “honor” kill their own kids, keeping the use of resources down. Korans can be used for firewood on wintery days. No need to use cloth to make AMERICAN flags; they’re banned.
With Sharia in place, no need to build costly schools for girls, also lessoning traffic, clothes, electricity, ect… needs.

vangrungy

The baha’i religion is the American State Religion. Especially when democrats are in charge.

Don’t believe me? Oh well. Live in the dark.

gastorgrab

Hope & Change is a failed Coup d’etat.
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Talkeetnaman

So does this mean we are going to teach our kids real science or are we going to continue to teach them Al Gore science? But then again, any one receiving money to study the weather from the government is probably not telling the truth anyway.

sjh

I would expect nothing less from him. Environmentalism is the religion of the left.

1. Promoting the development of curricula for moral education in schools

We advocate a universal campaign to promote moral development. Simply put, this campaign should encourage and assist local initiatives all over the world to incorporate a moral dimension into the education of children. It may necessitate the holding of conferences, the publication of relevant materials and many other supportive activities, all of which represent a solid investment in a future generation.

This campaign for moral development may begin with a few simple precepts. For example, rectitude of conduct, trustworthiness, and honesty are the foundation for stability and progress; altruism should guide all human endeavor, such that sincerity and respect for the rights of others become an integral part of every individual’s actions; service to humanity is the true source of happiness, honor and meaning in life.

We also believe the campaign will be successful only to the extent that the force of religion is relied upon in the effort. The doctrine of the separation of church and state should not be used as a shield to block this salutary influence. Specifically, religious communities will have to be drawn in as collaborative partners in this important initiative.

As it proceeds, this campaign will accelerate a process of individual empowerment that will transform the way in which people, regardless of economic class, social standing, or ethnic, racial or religious background, interact with their society.

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Agenda 21 is a religion.. the baha’i religion..

1. Launching a determined campaign to implement Agenda 21

The plan of action formulated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development incorporated a wide range of views from civil society and a set of principles not unlike those articulated in this statement. Unfortunately, however, little has been done by member states to implement the measures described in the plan.

If the objectives of Agenda 21 are to be addressed and satisfied, an expanded effort, different in nature but comparable in scale and commitment to the Marshall Plan for the redevelopment of post-war Europe, might be necessary. In this case, the Bretton Woods institutions would be called upon to mount a pronounced campaign to expedite national implementation efforts. A mandate of this nature can result only from a conference, similar to the first Bretton Woods meetings fifty years ago, dedicated to a wholesale re-examination of these institutions. The purpose of this re-examination would be to make available to the people of the world sufficient resources so that they could implement local initiatives. Moreover, the conference could also expand its agenda to address deeper issues of global economic security through the redefinition of existing institutions or the creation of new structures. [31]

If successful, this new machinery could also be extended to coordinate implementation of the measures identified at the recent Social Summit.

ripley

like every commie dictator obama love to teach the party line to children just as muzzies teach their children the be human bombs. such a bunch of human garbage and parasites.